| Call #: | Shortt HE2810 .C2B54L |
| Author: |
Berton, Pierre
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| Title: | The last spike the great railway, 1881-1885 |
| Published: | Toronto, McClelland & Stewart 1971 |
| Description: | xii, 478 p.; ill., maps ; 25 cm |
| Notes: | A Sequel to The National Dream |
| Bibliography: p. 451-461 | |
| Berton has a chapter on the connection between the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Riel Rebellion of 1885. He provides a brief outline of the causes and events of the Rebellion. His main argument is that the Rebellion stimulated the completion of the railway. | |
| Subject: |
Railroads - Canada
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